PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Sample Output H3
Illum amet sed et aliquam suscipit elitr sed hendrerit diam et lorem illum diam dolor et rebum. Esse lorem diam blandit et voluptua eros vel aliquyam augue nisl labore. Nulla magna vel justo. Et stet gubergren eum ipsum at magna magna consequat velit erat et diam iusto accusam. Dolore kasd amet dolores vero. Dolor accusam in aliquyam at. Eirmod clita labore invidunt no vel. Ut clita dolor stet consequat tempor in at diam qui wisi sadipscing ut stet diam et. Amet dolor sit veniam gubergren sit lorem eos ut takimata sadipscing diam dolor elitr at. Erat et aliquam invidunt elit. Vel kasd diam congue stet.
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Sample Output H4
Gubergren ipsum sea et sadipscing no rebum. At in amet invidunt. Clita dolore ipsum justo facilisi no iusto est nonummy tempor. Et no exerci lorem facilisis in zzril nonumy at sit dolore ut justo nonumy ipsum. Duo te sed voluptua diam kasd velit et dolores eum exerci lorem. Esse sanctus velit et labore magna. Est feugait vel ea vero sanctus eros at est magna magna aliquyam. Ut velit consetetur zzril amet tempor veniam. Dolore tempor aliquyam ut luptatum magna.
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Sample Output H4
Gubergren amet suscipit dolore sit et takimata et sanctus diam sit dolor et. Sanctus aliquyam amet lorem autem dolore te aliquyam praesent invidunt suscipit et takimata ut kasd lorem invidunt. Nisl sed invidunt et sed kasd. Dolor sea sit sed eum amet eu. Duis dolores lorem. Sadipscing nonumy lorem dolor aliquyam vero qui accusam ea facilisis ut magna accumsan lorem velit nibh qui at. Ipsum takimata duo sadipscing in. Nonumy est diam aliquyam elitr elitr sanctus. Aliquyam nostrud placerat tempor accusam nonumy sed nibh velit justo voluptua sanctus justo invidunt quod at duis at et.
Molestie sed clita kasd consetetur elitr laoreet euismod et consetetur dolores dolor duo ea. Ipsum nulla lorem justo duo sit blandit lorem dolores dolor nonumy erat. Sit ea et sit dolore blandit soluta dolore erat facilisis. Sit gubergren dolor rebum sea ullamcorper nulla dolor dolores labore tempor accusam. Accusam ut et justo elitr amet no est sanctus elitr amet kasd sed amet at labore. Eirmod sit sit lorem elitr sea commodo. Sed at consetetur eirmod tempor dolor elitr at. Facilisis invidunt vel sit aliquyam duo duo.
Sample Output H3
Duo sit dolor lorem at soluta tempor ut erat accumsan accusam dolore ipsum sed lobortis. Amet esse sed duo dignissim augue invidunt invidunt aliquip accusam vulputate duis dolores nibh. Nobis ipsum sit diam gubergren dolor voluptua eleifend in ut justo duo ea. Tempor amet hendrerit lorem invidunt eu. Vel et ut iusto dolores dolores dolor lorem. Molestie labore sit tempor esse duo. Lorem te autem at eirmod takimata et sit sit ipsum sit duo ipsum dolor labore. Dolor lorem magna. Enim tempor sadipscing invidunt dolore dolore rebum dolor ut ea ea magna et ipsum nonumy possim.
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Sample Output H4
Diam sanctus rebum sea at adipiscing eirmod invidunt clita rebum gubergren et sanctus takimata illum. Duo elitr in eum illum accusam. Dolores rebum et illum erat nisl accusam. Rebum autem nobis elitr takimata. Diam rebum et sadipscing vero tempor et ipsum sit laoreet sed. Consequat vel amet dolor minim laoreet dignissim feugiat autem iriure no et. Sit sed lorem dolor diam eos amet tincidunt eos sed sed dolores assum no duo sed dolor stet. Tincidunt adipiscing ipsum justo tincidunt stet invidunt aliquyam aliquam consetetur dignissim. Ipsum est ut elitr amet vel amet consetetur amet nibh elitr ipsum diam accusam ex vero. Sit sanctus amet dolore dolores ut id congue in te.
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Sample Output H4
Vero erat odio magna no ex ea. Dolore erat rebum dolore lorem labore nonumy voluptua eirmod amet duis ipsum voluptua et est. Ipsum vel clita clita gubergren sadipscing placerat diam ut dolore. Ea et elitr dolore at elitr consequat no. Rebum ipsum rebum no lorem minim vero in. Takimata ut dolore sit. Eum sea hendrerit ad aliquyam nonumy sanctus doming ut nostrud et et est amet in laoreet gubergren sed rebum. Nonumy sit tempor dolor ea minim et. Amet gubergren aliquyam et.
Magna stet eleifend dolor duo ipsum amet justo sit justo minim aliquyam lobortis sed dolor nonumy veniam tation elitr. Erat aliquyam est dolor ipsum vel et exerci amet at euismod. Diam dolor ea rebum et rebum diam gubergren aliquip lorem ea consectetuer lobortis dolore no elitr. Takimata iriure elitr takimata. Eos labore no gubergren lorem invidunt consectetuer hendrerit aliquip voluptua facilisis sit dolore.
More Sample Output H2
Et dolores commodo sed eos dolores consetetur magna et et eum eos sed dolore. Aliquyam et sadipscing ipsum quis aliquyam lorem stet sed hendrerit sit et duis laoreet ipsum amet lorem. Augue vero nulla erat rebum dolor magna stet ipsum tempor sed cum illum aliquip et veniam. Sadipscing lorem eirmod sed. Vulputate tempor duo lorem ut et iriure diam duo tation eum ut eirmod. Cum amet takimata dolore duo et diam et iusto aliquyam clita in id.
Euismod elitr clita ipsum magna dignissim lorem kasd kasd. Sanctus dolor doming dolor dolor et aliquyam. Clita sea amet tempor in accusam takimata accusam est dolore nonumy no consetetur feugiat. Sit vero amet wisi lorem dolor ad option vulputate amet at clita delenit. Delenit ut at ea lorem vel ipsum facilisis facilisis lorem sed. Sed duo et sanctus dolor delenit. Stet no amet dolore eirmod elitr lorem magna diam diam sed augue no id. Lorem dolor ut sadipscing accumsan. At sanctus eu. Feugiat ea kasd et diam ipsum consetetur nonumy iusto sit lorem.
Sample Output H3
Justo eos amet commodo et vero ut at kasd dolor sit at vero nonumy. Sanctus eos esse esse sit voluptua euismod te gubergren. Lorem invidunt rebum et est in. Invidunt ipsum dolor lorem nulla dolor est et adipiscing stet stet justo gubergren esse ex augue aliquam. Labore stet ipsum no vero nostrud stet sed duo et lorem et. Gubergren esse et eum. Veniam invidunt gubergren et wisi eirmod rebum velit wisi eros lorem kasd aliquyam elitr augue sit et dolore dolore. Te tempor takimata.
Et dolor gubergren erat tempor commodo consetetur rebum at ipsum erat sanctus. Minim lorem sed erat consetetur tempor elitr takimata sed et nonummy sit nonumy sea labore ut. Magna labore duis nam consectetuer feugait eos sed rebum erat est feugiat. Est duo dolore sadipscing dolores dolores enim elitr sadipscing. Facilisis eros elitr et et duo dolor accusam sadipscing. Consetetur ipsum clita sed vulputate diam. Est diam zzril facilisis invidunt voluptua aliquyam elitr. Nonumy amet sed duo ipsum elitr amet adipiscing at erat in in possim consetetur ea eos feugiat.
Sample Output H4
In voluptua gubergren labore sed erat sed sit sed amet diam ex. At et amet ut et elitr ipsum. Soluta option amet tation justo magna duo. Amet ex et elitr stet labore invidunt eos in amet eirmod accusam in praesent tempor dolor consequat et. Aliquyam lorem dolore facilisi hendrerit invidunt.
Facilisi et eum et lorem minim est sanctus quis consequat no eos no eirmod et gubergren. Lorem sed magna sit clita ipsum stet erat magna lobortis ipsum velit kasd ut takimata sea sed erat nonumy. Sed nonumy nonummy. Vero diam justo nonumy ipsum elitr elitr gubergren laoreet. Dolore sea gubergren est elit labore consequat tation. No takimata at congue ut. Luptatum dolore in et rebum tempor ipsum justo veniam sit ea congue vero eos eirmod.
Sample Output H4
Rebum lorem dolore ipsum feugiat sanctus enim ipsum elit velit. Aliquam tincidunt autem dolor ipsum et kasd kasd dolores nulla lobortis lorem nonumy et eum no amet aliquip no. Rebum enim justo gubergren nonumy elit lorem labore at voluptua sed dolor et voluptua. Invidunt vel et dolor lorem. Nostrud amet aliquyam et ea dolor diam ut sit takimata ut accusam at at est elitr ipsum justo eirmod. Erat et sed lorem aliquyam ipsum clita accusam no stet. Gubergren voluptua amet justo justo diam cum erat lorem consetetur lorem feugiat lorem consetetur magna. Sit sit nostrud sadipscing ipsum sed molestie dignissim sea esse ea invidunt dolor dolore.
Illum ut at lorem stet magna ex dolor ut nonumy eirmod at eos gubergren ipsum et. Sea dolore voluptua magna justo justo molestie ea et veniam nulla at praesent enim eos nonumy et feugait. Justo dolore adipiscing autem diam te no delenit sea erat sanctus ut. In sed nonumy accusam. Sit eleifend duis sanctus magna eos stet eos dolore vel facer sea dolor nostrud commodo duo lorem te vel. Ipsum assum sadipscing aliquip elit sanctus justo amet dolore feugiat dolor diam dolor gubergren vero consetetur. Nonummy dolores no eirmod est ea sea no magna. Sit rebum esse vulputate duo nostrud et aliquyam euismod takimata aliquyam at sea lorem dolores sit rebum dolor stet. Sadipscing autem tation rebum at nonummy invidunt sit dolor magna ut duis. Sed voluptua magna consetetur sanctus magna ea.
Sample Output H3
Invidunt invidunt tincidunt et. Est dolore sadipscing sit amet sit sed et lorem voluptua erat duo ullamcorper nonummy. Et dolor est commodo kasd congue feugiat tempor dolor sed amet ipsum nibh stet nihil magna ut magna ut. Justo sit tempor nonumy amet elitr. Vero velit facilisi takimata kasd takimata stet diam dolores dolore eos.
Et sit in sed amet ipsum ea. Qui est dolor ipsum at vero labore duo ea ea dolore ipsum. Hendrerit erat minim labore amet vero quis labore magna hendrerit ut voluptua vero voluptua et gubergren voluptua nonumy. Nulla labore laoreet labore kasd nostrud est facilisis vel kasd sit et liber takimata. Aliquyam autem ipsum dolore dolore at invidunt in. Labore clita et sit ipsum veniam ut facilisi diam ut consetetur takimata et. Dolor sadipscing erat aliquyam dolores accumsan stet vero aliquyam justo vel erat vero.
Sample Output H4
Tempor sadipscing sed gubergren labore erat lorem vulputate. Consetetur invidunt invidunt consetetur justo dignissim magna diam kasd justo sit invidunt. Consetetur et dolore eros kasd dolore dolor lorem at ipsum kasd sed nonumy elitr ipsum zzril. Erat justo est. Tempor aliquyam tempor justo dolor consetetur iusto nonumy.
Sit no duis ipsum eirmod nonummy nibh tation et. Est consequat praesent vel dolor duo in consetetur dolores vero. Vero elit commodo sea justo amet nisl no eirmod magna diam et. Kasd eum no. Et eirmod eu diam invidunt aliquyam assum labore. Clita dolores sit esse minim accusam eum labore ut dolore sit justo duis consectetuer. Congue sed lorem diam stet. Labore invidunt at lorem erat aliquyam rebum amet quis. Gubergren eum sed soluta velit sea laoreet amet diam commodo erat ipsum erat vero diam sit.
Sample Output H4
Elitr vero ut dolore dignissim exerci sed vero voluptua invidunt. Elitr aliquyam ut vel nibh sed aliquyam takimata erat ipsum diam at commodo. Duo sed magna amet sit ut clita. Lorem sed tempor diam duo et ipsum ut sed ea invidunt. Ipsum duo dolor aliquyam et dolore feugait quod id sit et magna ipsum est. Invidunt ipsum sit voluptua feugait odio invidunt voluptua diam sed stet takimata sea feugiat ipsum. Voluptua accusam ipsum elitr et dolor et eos duo duo eirmod erat nibh. Est invidunt ad qui minim kasd.
Gubergren luptatum kasd elitr dolores gubergren dolor voluptua consequat ea lorem voluptua amet quis. Illum lorem velit ut sed sed eros duo sanctus wisi takimata vero labore stet sea et nibh eos dignissim. Eu dolore in erat. Accusam tincidunt esse. Voluptua option consetetur amet dolore dolore ea esse suscipit dolor lorem labore et ut facilisi gubergren volutpat. Eum tempor lorem no ipsum laoreet facilisis sed. Kasd dolor nulla sanctus congue sed aliquyam erat justo nulla erat ut erat no sed at facer ut dolor. Takimata invidunt justo rebum lorem sit no nonumy et sit qui duo nostrud dolore eirmod.